The Best Tips to Looking Sexy Over 40

Try the makeover and makeup tricks we used on TotalBeauty.com reader Kim to help spice up her dating life

Step Five: Highlight Your Best Feature Want all eyes on you? Then pick your best feature and run with it! Taylor chooses to pull focus toward Kim's big brown eyes with a smoky look.

"You need clean, smooth skin and soft brows to make the smoky eye pop," says Taylor, further emphasizing the importance of step four. Taylor applies a light brow gel to define and hold Kim's brows in place. She then adds copper eyeshadow as a highlight, blending it with a dark brown eyeshadow and plum-colored shadow liner along the upper lash line. Finishing off the look are false lashes and a sheer berry gloss.